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J D Wetherspoon reports

J D Wetherspoon reports. End of year accounts from J D Wetherspoon report sales and profits up! Profit before tax is reported at: £102.8 million (up from £80.60 million in 2016). Sales up by: 4% (like-for-like). Where else can you get such good value? J D Wetherspoon PLC (JDW) is …

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Retail results roundup!

Retail results roundup! Interim results were announced today from: NEXT PLC, Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets PLC and John Lewis. NEXT PLC (NXT) – sales and profits fall NEXT PLC reported a 9.5% fall in profit before tax at: £309.4 million at half year results (to end of July). Total group sales …

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Companies going ex dividend

Companies going ex dividend on Thursday 14th September 2017 There are no companies in the FTSE 100 going ex dividend this week. Here is a list of FTSE 250 companies in the FTSE 250… Stobart Group Ltd (STOB) Sanne Group PLC (SNN) Computacenter PLC (CCC) Assura PLC (AGR) BBA Aviation …

Finance

Warren Buffett bargain hunt

Warren Buffett bargain hunt The billionaire investor said that he is finding it harder now to get a stock market bargain. The share price rally has made stocks less attractive. Is this comment from Warren Buffett a significant sign that prices are now too high? As the worlds greatest investor …

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Compound interest – investors best friend

Compound interest – investors best friend. I didn’t quite know where to start with this post. So I decided to go back to school. In particular to my school maths lessons and Friday afternoons. Yep, that’s right maths on a Friday. What kind of person would schedule two hours of …

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Sterling one pound – a brief history

Sterling one pound – a brief history. NOTE: this rambles a bit, but bear with me… I’ll come back to it and tidy it up at a later date – maybe. A pound coin originally weighed one troy pound of sterling silver. This gave the currency the name pound sterling …

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Hargreaves Lansdown profits up

Hargreaves Lansdown profits up Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (HL.) reported today and profits are up by 21%. Assets under management are also up at £79.2 billion. See report here for Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (HL.) Share price: £13.56 on 15/08/17 at: 11:15am

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Standard Life Aberdeen

Standard Life Aberdeen I noticed on the Standard Life website this morning a statement saying that, ‘the merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management has formally completed’. This is of interest to me as I have investments with Standard Life. The newly formed enterprise can be located here: Standardlifeaberdeen.com

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Gold gives

Gold gives Gold gives up some of its recent gains as it falls back from its two month high. Its not unusual for gold demand to be higher during uncertain periods such as geopolitical tensions. Gold is perceived as a ‘safe haven’ during periods of uncertainty. As stability returns – …

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FTSE 100 Companies EX Dividend this week

FTSE 100 companies going ex dividend this week on Thursday 17th August 2017… FTSE 100 Companies EX Dividend this week Pearson PLC (PSON) Merlin Entertainments PLC (MERL) Ashtead Group PLC (AHT) Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (RB.) British American Tobacco PLC (BATS Legal & General PLC (LGEN) Imperial Brands PLC (IMB) …